Poem by Mary Wortley Montagu

Impromptu, to a Young Lady Singing

Sing, gentle maid — reform my breast,
And soften all my care;
Thus may I be some moments blest,
And easy in despair.
The pow'r of Orpheus lives in you;
You can the passions of my soul subdue,
And tame the lions and the tigers there.

1. Verses Addressed to the Imitator...
2. Addressed to ------, 1736
3. Friday, the Toilette
4. An Epistle from Pope to Lord Bolingbroke
5. Epigram, 1734

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